1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VIII.: John H. Allan
85. ALLAN, JOHN H., 2 Leadcnhall Street — Proprietor.
Model of a South Shields coble.
Model of truss-work, introduced by Sir Robert Sep- pings for the internal fastening of ships, and on the same principle as the girders of the Exhibition Building. It represents a section of the between-decks of the East India ship "Sir Robert Seppings," built at Moulmein, in the Tenasserim provinces, and is made of part of her teak planking.